As told to me by the late Leslie Phillips, 1905-1995. Leslie said “I worked for H.H. & S. Budgett from October 1927 to May 1928. I was their first graduate entrant, having come straight...
“The Budgetts”, originally written about forty years ago, was my first attempt at the story of a family and therefore I call it part of my “Juvenilia”. It arose out of a conversation with...
The following article was originally printed in the September 2016 edition of the South Bristol Voice. “This may seem a silly question,” one of the mums said at the Grand Opening of the playground...
I have been researching the social history of the West Country for 45 years. During this time I have collated information on a wide range of people living and working in the West Country including miners, ethnic minorities, petty criminals, sailors, tommies, benefactors, brassmakers and many more.
The thing that I find amazing is that ordinary people always lived extraordinary lives. I hope you like my blog that brings together my lifetime of research.
Wanton Wenches/Incorrigible Rogues Chapt.3 The Bristol First Fleeters. Now posted. Anyone out there related to these 'Founders of a Nation'? https://www.bristolhistory.co.uk/2022/05/04/wanton-wenches-
Another Bristol Life: 'Uncle Norman'. Norman Mounter, was park keeper at Perrett Park, Knowle, but aged 19 was a POW of the Chinese in Korea, 'The Forgotten War. https://www.bristolhistory.co.uk/2022/02/20/uncle-norman-